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The workshop is free to St. John Fisher and Nazareth College faculty. It begins at 3 pm, followed by a scrumptious Lackmann luncheon. Space is limited to 20 so sign up today! Please contact Linda MacCammon: lmaccammon@sjfc.edu to reserve your place.

Tony Jenkins is the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the National Peace Academy and also serves as the Global Coordinator for the International Institute on Peace Education and the Global Campaign for Peace Education. Prior to joining the NPA, Tony was the Co-Director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University for 10 years. Tony has worked around the world supporting the development of “learning communities” of peace educators to address and transform local manifestations of violence through education and active citizen participation.

Tony’s current work and research interests focus on examining the impacts and effectiveness of peace education methods and pedagogies in nurturing personal, social, and political change and transformation. Tony’s areas of expertise include teacher training in peace education, peace pedagogy, gender and peace, and disarmament education.